ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Textile Industry is organizing ‘Cotton Traveling Seminar’ in order to promote the cotton crop output in the country.
The seminar to start with an aim to observe and examine the performance of different cotton crop varieties being sown in different areas of the country, said Cotton Commissioner Dr Khalid Abdullah.
Talking to APP he said that the other objective of the event was to identify the issues and challenges being faced by these varieties and find their immediate solution for the development of cotton crop in future.
He said about 22 top cotton research scientists from all four provinces of the country besides representatives of different universities and research organization are attending the event. The private sector organization working for the cotton crop development and promotion are also the part of the programme and they will share their experiences with the other participants, he added.
The traveling cotton seminar would visit cotton research stations across the country to evaluate their performance and work being done in fields of research and development of cotton crop, he added.
Under the programme, he said that the seminars would be organized at field level for educating the farmers, besides the research scientist would examine the crop as well.
The traveling cotton seminar is starting from Dera Ismail Khan and will visit Fasalabad, Multan, Bahawalpur, Rahimyar Khan and other crop growing areas of the Punjab Province, he added.
In second-phase it will visit the cotton growing areas of Sindh Province including Mirpur Khass, Ghotki, Tando Jam and Sakrand, he added.
Dr Abdullah further informed that second meeting of Cotton Crop Assessment Committee (CCAC) will be held by the last week of current month to take stock of crop output during the season. He said that cotton prices in local markets remained stable as it was traded at Rs. 6,537 per 40 kg, where as cotton prices in the international market was recorded at 84 Cents per pound.
